How can legal literacy be improved among young people?

The Eurasian National University hosted a seminar on "Improving Legal Literacy Among Young People: Ludomania, Religion, Drugs and Fraud". During the meeting with the university faculty and staff, the specialists shared important information about legal literacy and answered participants’ questions.

The event was attended by ENU Vice-Rector for Social and Cultural Development Lyazat Tolegenkyzy, Head of the Religious Affairs Department of Astana Kairolla Koshkali, head of the Center for Psychological Support Nazerke Beisenova, district police inspector for Almaty district Dias Torekulov, Associate Professor of ENU’s Religious Studies Department Tyshkhan Kenshilik.

Vice-Rector Lyazat Tolegenkyzy focused on the purpose of the event.

"The education of a comprehensive, legally literate generation that meets the state and international standards is the main requirement of the society. In the era of the creation of the rule of law, everyone should know their rights and receive knowledge in the field of general legal education. For this purpose, the tasks of legal education, the formation of legal awareness, and increasing responsibility are put forward. The main purpose of the event is legal advice, improving legal literacy and clarifying the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan," Vice-Rector said.

According to experts, legal education is aimed at providing students with the most necessary legal knowledge in the field of religious literacy, promoting the concepts of law among students.

"There are cases when, due to the lack of legal explanations, young people find themselves in a desperate situation. Therefore, in order to increase the legal and religious literacy of young people, we must teach them to be responsible and protect themselves. This is a large-scale work," Kairolla Koshkali, Head of the Department of Religious Affairs in Astana said.

The seminar discussed the basic principles of law, as well as effective psychological education.

"Our youth should not only know the basic principles of the law, but also be able to master it. Only then will legal education be conducted psychologically effectively. And knowledge of legal knowledge based on the assimilation of requirements, rules, understanding their essence, knowledge of civil duties helps young people to see the mistakes and shortcomings of other people and not repeat their mistakes," Nazerke Beisenova, head of the Psychological Support Center says.

During the meeting, comprehensive consultations were given on legal issues, ludomania, religion, drugs and fraud, and specific answers to questions were received.

"I cannot say that young people today fully and perfectly know their rights. Lately, we've noticed that she can't even use them. In the course of explaining their rights to some young people, they are surprised. We are often asked for help because they cannot use the law as their main tool. We must especially protect young people from violations of their rights and freedoms. Because young people imitate, they are easily deceived. For this reason, their rights are sometimes unknowingly violated, their privacy is restricted, and their freedom is deprived. If you notice any violations, drug distribution, or cases of fraud, please inform us, the law enforcement agencies," Dias Torekulov, a district police inspector for Almaty district said.